[R.O. 2016 § 220.010; Ord. No. 190-98 §§ 1 — 2, 3-20-1998; Ord. No. 288-99 § 1, 8-10-1999]
No person shall permit, cause, keep, maintain or do any nuisance as defined by the laws of this State, or this Code as outlined in Sections
220.015 through
220.190, or other ordinances of the City, or cause or permit to be committed, caused, kept, maintained or done any such nuisance within the City or within one-half (1/2) mile of the corporate limits of the City.
[R.O. 2016 § 220.015; Ord. No. 190-98 §§ 1 — 2, 3-20-1998; Ord. No. 288-99 § 1, 8-10-1999]
A. "Public nuisances" of the City are hereby
defined to be as follows:
1.
Any act done or committed or suffered
to be done or committed by any person, or anything of substance kept
or maintained, placed or thrown in or upon any public or private place,
which is injurious to the public health.
2.
All pursuits followed or acts done
by any person to the hurt, injury, annoyance, inconvenience, or danger
of the public.
[R.O. 2016 § 220.020; Ord. No. 288-99 § 1, 8-10-1999; Ord. No. 740-07 § 1, 7-10-2007]
A. Public nuisances are designated to include,
but are not limited to, the following:
1.
Any house or any other facility for
or in which there is the public solicitation of sexual conduct, whether
or not the offer to engage in sexual conduct is in return for something
of value.
2.
All slaughterhouses kept or maintained
in such a manner as to cause injury, annoyance, inconvenience or danger
to the health or safety of the public.
3.
All privies or private vaults kept
in such condition as to emit any offensive, noxious, unhealthy or
disagreeable odor in the neighborhood where they exist.
4.
All public gathering places of any
sort, where persons addicted to drunkenness gather or congregate,
or where persons of low repute or with Police records, or addicts
to unlawful habits, or who have previously been convicted of a crime
against the State of Missouri or this City shall frequent and congregate;
and where the owner thereof permits them to frequent and congregate.
5.
No person shall throw in any street,
alley or thoroughfare of this City any animal or vegetable substance
or any straw, hay, ashes, glass, nails, tin cans, or any other dirty
article or substance whatever.
6.
No person shall suffer any filth
or unclean water or any foul or nauseous liquid or foul or nauseous
substance of any kind whatever to escape from his/her premises into
or upon any adjacent ground or into any street, alley, thoroughfare,
gutter, pavement, sidewalk or other public place.
7.
Every owner or possessor of a dumb
animal, which may die within the City, whether upon his/her premises
or upon the premises of another, shall within twelve (12) hours after
the death of such animal cause the carcass of said animal to be removed
beyond the limits of the City or disposed of under proper sanitary
conditions.
8.
No person shall deposit or cause
to be placed any dead animal or excrement of filth from privies, or
any nuisance whatever, upon any ground in this City, nor shall any
person permit any nuisance of any kind to be or exist upon the premises
occupied by him/her.
9.
No person shall permit any hog, cattle
or horse pen, sty, lot, stable or barn lot within the corporate limits
of this City to become noxious or offensive.
10.
No person shall at any time permit
any putrid offal, carcass or part thereof or putrid meat, matter,
blood or liquid of any kind to be or remain in or about any house,
shed or building or upon any lot, yard or premises owned or occupied
by him/her in this City.
11.
Any room, building, structure, inhabitable
structure or property which is used for the illegal use, keeping,
manufacture or distributing of any controlled substance.
12.
Any room, building, structure, inhabitable
structure or property which is managed in such a way that any member
of the public can observe from a public place or upon any other property
indecent exposure of genitalia, public urination or defecation, except
in a restroom, bathroom or other facility designed for the storage
or disposal of human wastes.
13.
Any room, building, structure, inhabitable
structure or property which is used for illegal keeping or distributing
of stolen property, or a gathering place for criminals or street gangs
or other criminal groups.
B. All persons, including owners, lessees,
officers, agents, inmates or employees, causing, aiding, permitting
or facilitating such nuisance or violating any of the provisions of
this Section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and
shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one dollar ($1.00)
nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or up to ninety (90)
days in jail, or both fine and confinement for each and every offense,
in addition to the cost of remediation of the nuisance.
C. All persons, including owners, lessees, officers, agents, inmates or employees, failing to remove or cause to be removed any nuisance upon any real estate owned, occupied, controlled or under their control within the corporate limits of the City, within five (5) days from the service of the notice pursuant to Section
220.040, shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than five hundred dollars( $500.00) or up to ninety (90) days in jail, or both fine and confinement for each and every offense.
[R.O. 2016 § 220.030; CC 1994 § 34.110; Ord. No. 288-99 § 1, 8-10-1999]
The City Administrator or his/her
duly authorized representative may enter upon private property for
inspection or for the purpose of removing any vehicle, junk, or other
nuisance in accordance with this Chapter. If any person refuses to
allow entry onto his/her private property for inspection or for the
purpose of removing any vehicle or junk in accordance with this Chapter,
the City Administrator or his/her duly authorized representative may
obtain a warrant from the proper official and proceed in accordance
therewith.
[R.O. 2016 § 220.040; CC 1994 § 34.115; Ord. No. 288-99 § 1, 8-10-1999]
Whenever any of the nuisances mentioned or contemplated in this Chapter shall exist, it shall be deemed expedient to abate or remove any such nuisance. The City Administrator, or anyone acting on his/her behalf and at his/her request, shall give notice in writing to the owner or tenant of the real estate whereon the nuisance does exist of the fact and require him/her to remove or abate the same within five (5) days from the date of service of the notice; and if he/she does not, a complaint shall be filed in the Municipal Court. If not removed after appearing in court, then the City Administrator or his/her designate may proceed to remove the nuisance under Article
III of this Chapter.
[R.O. 2016 § 220.050; CC 1994 § 34.120; Ord. No. 288-99 § 1, 8-10-1999]
Any person failing to remove or cause
to be removed any nuisance upon any real estate owned or occupied
by him/her within the corporate limits of the City, after receiving
notice to abate the same as herein provided, shall be deemed guilty
of an offense and upon conviction shall be punished up to a fine of
five hundred dollars ($500.00), or up to three (3) months in Jail,
or both.